More than 200 people from remote communities across the Top discontinuance drown out David Tollner’s speech and call for stricter controls on the shale gas industry A mining minister in the Northern Territory was forced to abandon a speech to a protest today after he was shouted down by residents – many on horseback – angry at a lack of consultation,regulation and safeguards around hydraulic fracturing for shale gas on their land.
More than 200 people from across the NT’s remote communities and pastoral leases, including approximately two dozen on horses, and marched and rode through Darwin’s central trade district on Tuesday morning before holding a rally on the steps of parliament house.
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Source: theguardian.com